How to protect your home from burglars

This time around we would like to introduce you to some of the clearest vulnerabilities which you can simply eliminate once you know about them. We would like to discuss the outside area of your home alongside all the weak points in your outdoor areas they may have giving you a few tips on what to avoid, what to remove and what to lock in. Also, remember any locksmith service in Bournemouth will be more than happy to help you update your locks.

We often don’t even think about it but your garden and backyard areas are some of the most vulnerable places which can easily help burglars in many ways, to penetrate your living area and rob you from your belongings. Let’s see some of the main vulnerabilities your backyard area may have

Your garden

Your garden can easily become a target for many burglars for various reasons. Let’s see a couple of these and the ways to eliminate them:

Bushes, hedges can help people hide: indeed you need to think about cutting your bushes, hedges and all plants which can provide a hiding space or even shelter someone for a prolonged amount of time. If you think about hedges, then rather include them in your safety strategy and buy hedges with large spikes on them which can effectively keep people out and away.

Tools left outside can help burglars: many of us are prone to leave tools, especially the larger ones outside, largely due to laziness. Tools like this can be as large as ladders. And what could be more effective than a ladder to help a burglar climb into a window or balcony door that’s left open because the owners think its way too high to be reached. Other, more dangerous tools may also be hazardous to leave outside as these can be used to break through doors at the very least: these include axes and saws.

Valuables left outside: barbecue sets, electronic grass cutters, bicycles can be worthy enough for someone to want to take them straight away.

Unlocked sheds: not only can they provide a good hiding space and even also a shelter for those wanting to break into your home, or live somewhere for free, all tools inside can be used to participate in a break –in as well. Call in a good locksmith Bournemouth specialized in shed locks to make sure your shed cannot be easily penetrated from the outside. Also, sheds alone can offer tons of valuable tools to steal.

The trees

We all do love trees and they are some of the most beautiful additions to any garden, especially when they grow fruits as well. But trees can also effectively help a burglar to hide and to climb up a tree, in order to see if you have any valuables they can take and if the tree is close enough to a house, it can also help someone to get into the house, through a window or a balcony that’s very close to a tree.

Make sure to always cut back and now allow a tree to grow all too close to your house, especially minding the larger branches.

You will also need to make sure to provide adequate protection alongside your fencing and especially the backyard garden door area, which can be extra vulnerable to outside attacks.